Blanding: electric utility service outside city limits

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Auditing Blanding: a $3 million general fund and a city-run electric utility

Blanding's council adopted its fiscal 2027 budget 5-0 on June 23. The budget report posted with the ordinance lists $3.06 million in general fund revenue. The latest audit the city posts covers fiscal 2023 and carries an unmodified opinion.

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Key figures

$3.06 millionBlanding general fund revenue budgeted for fiscal 2027Auditing Blanding: a $3 million general fund and a city-run electric utility →
$54.3 millionTotal net position, June 30, 2023 auditAuditing Blanding: a $3 million general fund and a city-run electric utility →
$3.02 millionGeneral fund balance, June 30, 2023Auditing Blanding: a $3 million general fund and a city-run electric utility →
$6.18 millionBusiness-type revenue obligations, June 30, 2023Auditing Blanding: a $3 million general fund and a city-run electric utility →
$3.19 millionElectric fund operating revenue, fiscal 2023Auditing Blanding: a $3 million general fund and a city-run electric utility →
Oct. 26, 2026Date the electric-service amendment takes effect absent a hearing requestBlanding's electric utility seeks state approval to serve customers outside city limits →

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Blanding's electric utility seeks state approval to serve customers outside city limits
Rocky Mountain Power and Blanding filed an amendment on Oct. 6 that would let the city's electric utility serve additional customers in the company's territory outside the city boundary. It takes effect Oct. 26 unless an affected person asks for a hearing or more time by Oct. 23.
Published October 17, 2026 · Records checked October 17, 2026

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FY2027 budget report presented at the June 23, 2026 hearingFrom the city
FY2023 audited financial statementsRead the report for its fiscal year, auditor's opinion, findings and any draft designation.
State Auditor: local government financial reportsEvery budget and financial report Blanding has filed with the state; search for "Blanding"

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Year-end result: compare actual spending with the amended budget and read the audit findings and management response for the same entity and fiscal year.

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Council minutes and agenda packets

Blanding City Council · June 23, 2026 minutesCited in Auditing Blanding: a $3 million general fund and a city-run electric utility

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An unmodified opinion addresses the financial statements. A material weakness concerns controls and does not by itself establish fraud. Compare the same fiscal year and accounting basis; restated balances replace, but do not erase, originally reported figures.

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Auditing Blanding: a $3 million general fund and a city-run electric utility

Key figures

Contracts and spending

Blanding's electric utility seeks state approval to serve customers outside city limits